“Frankly, the easiest thing we could do is tariff their cars coming in … I think we’ll give them a chance to probably have a separate deal. We could have a separate deal or we could put it in to this deal.” pic.twitter.com/kDFZQBBxkw

That would absolutely devastate the Canadian auto sector, and Trump appears to be setting up the Trudeau government to be forced to chose between Supply Management and the Canadian auto sector.

This situation represents the epic failure of Justin Trudeau’s and Chrystia Freeland’s strategy. Our leverage is gone, “solidarity” with Mexico was a massive mistake, and the virtue-signalling/lecturing approach has left Canada in a horrendously vulnerable situation.

Spencer Fernando

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